Why are people money mad ?..

Paddy20

In my life I have had periods when I made a lot of money in business, but I was not happy.

Then I decided that I would be happier without more money than I needed for a basic standard of living.So I changed my lifestyle completely and became a Socialist.

I am now happier and more content in general. I suppose what I am trying to say is that money solved nothing for me, am I alone in experiencing this ?...

P.

simu

Well, it makes sense. Once you've enough money for the basics, more won't necessarily make you happier.

People get into a never-ending cycle of "If only I had this, I'd be happy", when they get said item, there's another item on the list they need before they can be happy etc etc.

Mimikyu

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alleepally

The old adage applies really doesn't it...Money doesn't buy happiness.

I'm reminded of an occasion when I was on a night out with work colleagues . One guy was giving it loads about how happy he was in life and it was only weeks after that I was thinking about what he said coz he asked me if I was happy and I gave a non-commital answer but the truth was that I wasn't happy at all. And when I thought more about what he said, everything that made him happy was his comfortable life and his economic prosperity. I wish I had the presence of mind to ask him would he be happy without his 60k salary, nice house, second business on the side and so on. I think I know the answer.

Basically there is a lot of pressure in society for us to be "happy"... just look at the number of self help books out there, or the way everyone has to be positive - the 'cheer up it will never happen' brigade. When you look at the self help gurus like Tony Robbins their path to happiness always seems to involve 'having it all' - the cars, the women, the money and so on. How many self help gurus are living on minimum wage. I wonder how many of them would be happy with that.

My "final thought"... Driving home tonight I pulled into a garage I stop by a couple of times a week. There's a chinese girl works there and my God, she is just the most cheerful and happy person I have ever met working in what (presumably) is a minimum wage job. I've been so impressed with her that I'm going to write a letter to the manager of the garage and just say she's superb.

The Sweeper

alleepally wrote:

Basically there is a lot of pressure in society for us to be "happy"...

There is a lot of pressure on us generally to 'be happy' - society or otherwise....

Why?

Because being miserable and poor stinks.

alleepally

Minesajackdaniels wrote:

There is a lot of pressure on us generally to 'be happy' - society or otherwise....

Why?

Because being miserable and poor stinks.

Miserable AND poor don't have to be synonomous but maybe it is in a rich country like Ireland.

MrPinK

Money doesn't make me happy. Eating out in nice restaurants, going out to clubs and bars with my friends, travelling to foreign countries, these things do make me happy. Unfortunatly they all require money, and not just the minimum wage kind. That's why I'm money mad. It gives me the freedom to enjoy life.

alleepally

wrong thread....